Sol Haus Design owner and designer, Vina Lustado made waves with her sustainable tiny house way back in 2013. She has since build similar light and airy homes for clients around the country. The latest home from Sol Haus Design is a prefab home placed on a foundation. Her latest … Read more
My name is Gennadii and I’m the founder of Brette Haus – Latvian housing startup. We design and manufacture prefabricated folding houses. This is a rare segment of transformable design and architecture. It takes under 8 weeks to manufacture and 3 hours to install it. All electric and sanitary equipment … Read more
Have you been looking for a cabin structure for your property? Maybe wanting something more permanent than a tiny home on wheels. You are not really into building a complete structure but it would be fun to do the finished work as you would like it. Check out Jamaica Cottage … Read more
Living a healthier life is on many people’s minds these days. One of best long-term ways to live healthy is to build healthy. Plant Prefab, located in Rialto, Calif., designs and builds high quality homes to customers’ design perspectives. Each of their homes are built sustainably to conserve water, waste, … Read more
In the land of ultrafast startups, there are bound to be one or more that will relate to the tiny house craze and some may even ease the burden. Ever since the San Francisco Bay Area legislature made accessory dwelling units (ADU) or granny units legal, the permitting process for … Read more
Because of their contemporary lines, prefab homes and Scandinavian design go very well together. The Finnish architecture company, Sunhouse Modern Prefab Homes, designs and manufactures contemporary prefab homes that not only bring in the sunshine, but also traditional Finnish culture. The Slimline 170/171 has a contemporary feel and sleek design. Sunhouse offers … Read more
Prefab can be a confusing term. A large number of people think prefab construction is the same as kit construction or panel construction. In some ways it is but for the most part, it is not. According to Wikipedia prefabrication is the practice of assembling components of a structure in a … Read more
To people who are unfamiliar with the new home industry (including tiny homes), the word “prefab” has a negative, bargain-basement connotation. Modular, prefabricated homes have come a long way in the last decade and author Sheri Koones’ new book shows the best of “prefabulous” small homes. Prefabulous Small Houses is … Read more
Usually if you are camping in California, you need to have a tent, RV or reservations for a park model or yurt. Now, tiny house and prefab fans will have a few more stylish options thanks to the Parks Forward Commission. The Commission invited architecture students from the California State … Read more
Malcolm White contacted me about a new ebook he has written on how to build a new prefab he calls the TenYurt. I recently had the privilege of looking his plan over and it looks very doable for the average person. I am going to let Malcolm tell you more … Read more
Bowen Island seems to be an attraction for tiny houses. It’s home to the Eco-Shed by Alex of Shedworking and now is home to the Quarters house by industrial designer Amanda Huynh in collaboration with Anna Gukov, Lydia Cambron and Emilie Madill.
Tammy from Rowdy Kittens alerted me to a local article about some prefab units being built for parking lots in Berkley and San Francisco. Following is a couple of paragraphs from the article and you can read the complete article at SFGate. A young San Francisco company that makes prefabricated … Read more